Should we have pets?
At best, the pet-human relationship is an example of the kind of mutually beneficial symbiotic relationships many animals enjoy.
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The Philosopher in the Kitchen
Four new videos exploring the ideas – and foods – in The Virtues of the Table.
ReadDo we need props?
Some find our increased reliance on mental prosthetics troubling. Will a generation that can google everything, everywhere, grow up unable to remember anything?
ReadWatch what you tweet
I don’t think we can maintain a strict division between personal and professional life any more. The boundaries are blurring because we quite rightly no longer accept that business is business, and nothing more.
ReadWhat do we owe our parents?
How you can you be placed under an obligation when you did not agree to take it on? Generally speaking, we don’t think you can. If you accept an invitation to dinner, you have created some obligation to reciprocate. But if someone sends you an unsolicited gift, you are certainly not obliged to send one back.
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